[mou-net] Waterfowl movement

2021-03-06 Thread William Marengo
Looking for signs of spring Paul Egeland, Esther Gesick and I spent time along the Minnesota River Valley in west-central MN today (March 6). We found 20 species of waterfowl. Significant geese movement occurred with thousands of Snow, White-fronted and Canada Geese flocks throughout the day.

Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl, Carver County

2019-04-06 Thread Brian Tennessen
rds [MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] on behalf of Steven Chesney > [steven.ches...@outlook.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2019 7:34 AM > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl, Carver County > > The birds and water (and Kestrel) were good Friday as well. Cans and > Re

Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl, Carver County

2019-04-06 Thread Warren Woessner
I saw one Pintail also Warren From: Minnesota Birds [MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] on behalf of Steven Chesney [steven.ches...@outlook.com] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2019 7:34 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl, Carver County The birds

Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl, Carver County

2019-04-06 Thread Steven Chesney
, April 3, 2019 1:05 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl, Carver County Just visited the area reported by Rick Gibson on Sunday. Observed 12 waterfowl species. A local Kestrel working the road ditch added to the show. Two or three approaches/field entrances off of 150th

Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl, Carver County

2019-04-03 Thread Richard Hunt
Just visited the area reported by Rick Gibson on Sunday. Observed 12 waterfowl species. A local Kestrel working the road ditch added to the show. Two or three approaches/field entrances off of 150th just west of Cty 53 allow convenient scoping. Richard Hunt, Savage Join or Leave

[mou-net] Waterfowl Carlos Avery Chisago Co.

2018-04-21 Thread Deters, Marshall (DNR)
There were many waterfowl, from buffleheads to swans, at the Carlos Avery South Pool this morning. The pool is still mostly frozen, the birds are concentrated in the open water above the dam. Take Stacy Trail (Co Rd 19) east from Stacy about a mile and then take the first sand road to the

[mou-net] Waterfowl at coin rapids dam

2018-04-21 Thread Dave
1000+ birds this morning of all kinds Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] waterfowl

2018-04-04 Thread Tom Bell
100’s of waterfowl on Grey Cloud Island between 2nd and 3rd fills and east of 3rd fill. (2nd fill the culvert separating Moores Lake and Grey Cloud Chanel, 3rd fill the steel bridge east of 2nd fill. In some order: ring-necked ducks, scaup, mergansers, coot, trumpeter swans, gadwall, redhead,

[mou-net] waterfowl, Rosemount area

2018-03-31 Thread Elizabeth Tiller (Beth)
On a pond immediately north of 195th street (west of Rt 3): Ring-necked Ducks N. Shovelers Redhead Am Wigeon Green-winged Teal Mallard Gadwall N. Pintail Canada Geese Beth Tiller Farmington, MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Waterfowl, Evening Grosbeak, Redpolls- Lac qui Parle

2018-02-28 Thread mou
(Posted by Jason Frank via moumn.org) Northbound flocks of Canada Geese were moving through southern Lac qui Parle and northern Yellow Medicine Counties yesterday afternoon. The current count at Lac qui Parle Refuge is around 1000, though most of these over- wintered.

[mou-net] Waterfowl- Houston County

2016-03-07 Thread MOU admin
(Posted by Steven C. Houdek via moumn.org) I can't let the day end without saying that I've just witnessed one of the most miraculous displays of migrating ducks and geese in my life, spanning the breadth of the river valley and as far north and south on the

[mou-net] Waterfowl and Shorebird locations in NA metro

2014-10-20 Thread Carol Cummins
I am trying to improve my birding skill with waterfowl and shorebirds. I have seen the posts about the Bass Ponds at MV WR, but wonder if there are opportunities if there are good opportunities closer to home (Golden Valley). Any suggestions would be appreciated. Carol Cummins

[mou-net] Waterfowl at Weaver Bottoms

2013-11-12 Thread David Zumeta
Observed 40 species, including 12 species of ducks, yesterday at and en route to the Weaver Bottoms along Rt. 61, just south of where the Whitewater River flows into the Mississippi River. The following are highlights (waterfowl counts are conservative): 7,000++ Canvasback at once, seen from

[mou-net] Waterfowl and migrants north Polk Co Marshall Co

2013-04-28 Thread Agassiz Audubon
Saturday at the Agassiz Valley Impoundment Western Grebe Eared Grebe Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Pintail Ruddy Ring-necked Redhead Bufflehead Blue-winged Teal Common Goldeneye Lesser Scaup White Pelican Trumpeter Swan Double-crested Cormorant

[mou-net] Waterfowl- Houston County

2013-03-31 Thread Steven Houdek
Observed 18 species of waterfowl along the Miss River in Houston County yesterday, including the first Blue-winged Teal of the year for me and a nice male Ruddy Duck.   Also saw several pelicans flying north along the main channel.  The river continues to be mostly frozen except for moving

[mou-net] Waterfowl - killdeer - merlin Benton Stearns Co

2013-03-29 Thread Betsy Beneke
Waterfowl on the Mississippi River at Sauk Rapids/Sartell in Benton and Stearns Counties today included: Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Gadwall  Mallard Northern Shoveler Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Also pied-billed grebe and

[mou-net] Waterfowl, Meadowlarks, Red-tails and Cranes - Polk County

2012-03-17 Thread Heidi Hughes
The Agassiz Valley Water Resources impoundment east of Warren Minnesota was full of waterfowl today. Hundreds of Canada Geese, nearly a hundred Cackling Geese, a handful of Snow Geese, dozens of Trumpeter Swans, Bald Eagles, Western Meadowlarks, displaying Sharp-tailed Grouse, Red-tailed Hawk,

[mou-net] Waterfowl Migration, Brown County

2011-03-26 Thread Brian Risa Smith
Hi, Probably nothing like what's going on in southwestern/western Minnesota right now, but today there are a lot of swans, geese and ducks migrating thru Brown county. The area where they are showing up is along the Little Cottonwood river south and west of Sleepy Eye. I found the most birds

Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl in Star Tribune today

2011-01-20 Thread sweston2
-net] Waterfowl in Star Tribune today It appears to be a Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea. We found it first in our Birds of Thailand, and then googled it to get more images. There seems to be some variability of plummage. Becky and Mark Lystig Join or Leave mou-net: http

[mou-net] Waterfowl in Star Tribune today

2011-01-19 Thread Roxanne Sander
Would anyone who got the Star Tribune paper today happen to know what kind of waterfowl is in the half page ad? I am not having any luck identifying it. The photo is of an adult with about 12 babies. The adult has a white head, black bill, rufous coloring on chin, neck, shoulders, and top of

Re: [mou-net] Waterfowl in Star Tribune today

2011-01-19 Thread MarkBeckyLystig
It appears to be a Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea. We found it first in our Birds of Thailand, and then googled it to get more images. There seems to be some variability of plummage. Becky and Mark Lystig Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Waterfowl, 145th St. Dakota

2009-03-17 Thread Jim Mattsson
3:30pm 3/17/09 Thanks to a heads up from Erik Collins, I checked the flooded fields 0.5 mi. east of Hi 52 on the north side of 145th St. and found 11 species of waterfowl with NO diving ducks. Species inlcuded: Ross's Goose - 1 classic white-phase adult (same size as smallest Cackling Goose